vastman wrote:
Could not agree more.
However to be far on Carter the club was such a mess when he took over he had no choice but to priorities - a bit like Smith is doing on the field.
The fact that he has sorted so many of the basics out shows how much there was to do. It's all very hand to mouth at the moment but you get the impression that money is no longer being wasted or worse just loss. Also slowly but surely revenue streams that should have been tapped into years ago are coming on line.
Crappy looking though the temporary fencing behind the East stand may be the idea is sound - why wasn't this done years ago. The supposedly wealthiest fans were stuck in the one part of the ground where they couldn't spend their dosh easily, how daft is that. Ditto the ticketing, yes there appear to be flaws at the moment which will be sorted I'm sure but the logic is sound. Ditto ditto the shirt sponsor and the obvious reversing of the kits.
This is all good stuff but it's not spectacular and the results will take time to show, but I agree with Carter - it's the only way to resurrect the club long term.
If by some fluke we have a great season and say go to Wembley I now firmly believe that the club is in the position to plow it straight back in to the team rather than pay the tax man. If that actually did happen (yes I know unlikely) I reckon we could really start to move forward for the first time in years.
Well at the risk of half contradicting myself, obviously money is important in all walks of life, no getting away from that, but I suppose what i'm trying to say is, having lots of it, in any business is no guarantee of success, no good if you don't have the right people making crucial decisions at the right time etc, and a bit of luck helps too! I certainly don't profess to know how to run a professional sports club, i'm sure it's very difficult, like you say MC was faced with a lot of crap to deal with, and yes it does look like at last there is some light at the end of the tunnel. I know people have differing views on here obviously, but I think a lot of people who are perceived to be negative are just probably frustrated and fed up at how we seem to take one step forwards then seemingly two back half the time, although some are just negative for the sake of it. Like you say though hopefully this is the start of something real, concrete and long lasting, because under Agar, Glover and Elston, whilst it was fun while it lasted, it was never any of those things!
Yep, a trip to Wembley would be nice, you never know, a few favourable draws got us to the semis a few years ago under Kear. been a long time since '79.....
